C.K. Gyamfi’s state burial service today
Ghanaian football legend, Charles Kumi Gyamfi (C.K. Gyamfi), will be laid in state at the forecourt of the State House in Accra today at 7 a.m. The state burial service will mark the start of the final funeral rites of C.K. Gyamfi 85, who died on September 2, 2015 at the Cocoa Clinic in Accra.
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The scheduled funeral rites include a memorial service which will take place tomorrow at the Okorase Methodist School Park at 10 a.m.
The memorial service will be followed by a thanksgiving service at the Rev. Joseph Clegg Memorial Methodist Church in Kaneshie, Accra, on Sunday.
Nana Kumi Gyamfi I was the Guantoahene of the Benkum Division of the Akuapim Traditional Area.
He played for three of the most glamorous club sides in Ghana - Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs (1948-49), Asante Kotoko (1949 to 1954) and Accra Hearts of Oak ((1956-1960).
He also captained the Black Stars and went on to become Ghana’s most successful national team coach, leading the Black Stars to the Cup of Nations (AFCON) title on three occasions in 1963, 1965 and 1982.
For his outstanding contributions to football, he was honoured with the Order of the Volta (Civil Division), as well as the African Merit Order of Achievement Award.
Nana Gyamfi was survived by a wife, Mrs Valerie Quartey Gyamfi, a former national tennis player, and eight sons.
